Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

ऋषिभ्यो दत्त मद्यैव यावत्सत्ता हि तस्य वै । स्वसत्तायां महत्यां च स्वसत्ता ये भवंति च

Transliteration

ṛṣibhyo datta madyaiva yāvatsattā hi tasya vai | svasattāyāṃ mahatyāṃ ca svasattā ye bhavaṃti ca

Translation

「まことに、彼の威力と位が真に存続するかぎり、わたし自らそれをリシたちに授けた。さらに、彼自身の大いなる位のうちにあって、自らの正当な立場により生きる者たちもまた、安らかに保たれる。」

Word by Word

• ṛṣibhyaḥ: to the sages
• ṛṣibhyaḥ: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; सम्प्रदान (to sages)

• dattam: given
• dattam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) → datta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (अत्र ‘दत्तम्’ = ‘given’)

• madya: wine, liquor
• madya: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• yāvat-sattā: as long as (his) existence lasts
• yāvat-sattā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + sattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास (यावत् = यावदवधि)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुबोधक/निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle)

• tasya: of him, his
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vai: indeed, surely
• vai: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle)

• sva-sattāyām: in (their) own existence
• sva-sattāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य सत्ता)

• mahatyām: great
• mahatyām: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (सत्तायाम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sva-sattā: one’s own existence
• sva-sattā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• ye: who, those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• bhavanti: are, become
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati (contextual continuation of Guru’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati explains that offerings were given to ṛṣis while the donor’s power endured; ṛṣis sit in a calm assembly receiving gifts; a subtle aura indicates dharmic ‘standing’ as a pillar supporting the world.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and status endure only when aligned with dharma; rightful standing (sva-sattā) protects and stabilizes one’s position.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly named in this verse; it belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s larger sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly references dāna to Ṛṣis; no concrete ritual steps are stated here.